A Redescription Of Potamonautes Loveni (Colosi, 1924), A Medically Important Freshwater Crab From Western Kenya And Eastern Uganda, East Africa (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae)

AbstractTaking its subtitle from a theological college course description, this paper examines the intersections of theological and anthropological ideas of culture, as seen through the eyes of Kenyan evangelists and American missionaries. One of the key concepts developed in the course, and in the broader program of this U.S.-funded nondenominational church in East Africa, is that understanding culture is key to learning and unlocking the spiritual 'personalities' (both godly and satanic) involved in spiritual warfare. Both Kenyans and Americans conceive of warfare as the struggle between secular and Christian worldviews and consider education to be one of the strongest weapons needed to win the battle. However, where U.S. teachers focus on animism and world-religious conflict as evidence of lingering immorality and ungodliness, Kenyans focus on American ethnocentrism and xenophobia as evidence of ongoing cultural misunderstandings and injustice. Analysis is based on examination of mission records and on field research conducted in Nairobi and western Kenya.

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Survey of De Brazza'S Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel) in the Tororo District of Eastern Uganda and Trans-Nzoia and West Pokot Districts of Western Kenya

Journal of East African Natural History ◽

10.2982/0012-8317(1995)84[25:sodbmc]2.0.co;2 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 84 (1) ◽

pp. 25-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Barbara Sigman Decker

Keyword(s):

Western Kenya ◽

Tororo District ◽

West Pokot ◽

Eastern Uganda ◽

Cercopithecus Neglectus

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Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors ◽

10.1186/s13071-020-04043-z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Dennis Muhanguzi ◽

Joseph Byaruhanga ◽

Wilson Amanyire ◽

Christian Ndekezi ◽

Sylvester Ochwo ◽

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Keyword(s):

East Africa ◽

Rhipicephalus Microplus ◽

South Eastern ◽

Cattle Ticks ◽

Eastern Uganda

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Molecular evidence for the assignment of the Cameroonian freshwater crab genus Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994, to the Afrotropical subfamily Potamonautinae Bott, 1970 (Crustacea: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.12 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4286 (3) ◽

pp. 439 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

PIERRE A. MVOGO NDONGO ◽

NEIL CUMBERLIDGE ◽

THEODOR S. POETTINGER ◽

THOMAS VON RINTELEN ◽

JOSEPH L. TAMESSE ◽

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Keyword(s):

East Africa ◽

Arabian Peninsula ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Freshwater Crab ◽

Continental Islands ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Studies ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Zoogeographical Region

The family Potamonautidae Bott, 1970, currently comprises 19 genera assigned to two subfamilies (Potamonautinae Bott, 1970, and Deckeniinae Hilgendorf, 1869) based on morphological and molecular studies (Cumberlidge 1999; Daniels et al. 2006a, 2015; Cumberlidge et al. 2008; Cumberlidge & Ng 2009). All members of this family are endemic to the Afrotropical zoogeographical region that includes most of continental Africa plus the continental islands of Madagascar, the granitic Seychelles, Socotra, and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Seven genera from sub-Saharan Africa are presently assigned to Potamonautinae (see Cumberlidge et al. 2008; Daniels et al. 2015): Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894, Liberonautes Bott, 1955, Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994, Potamonautes Bott, 1970, Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992, Sudanonautes Bott, 1955, and Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887. Twelve genera from West and East Africa, Seychelles, and Madagascar are assigned to Deckeniinae (see Cumberlidge et al. 2008; Meyer et al. 2014; Daniels et al. 2015): Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869, Seychellum Ng, Števčić & Pretzmann, 1995, Globonautes Bott, 1959, Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969, Boreas Cumberlidge & Sternberg, 2002, Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006a, Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872, Madagapotamon Bott, 1965, Malagasya Cumberlidge & Sternberg, 2002, Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2000, Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994, and Glabrithelphusa Meyer, Cumberlidge & Koppin, 2014.

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A Cross-Sectional Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices of Antimicrobial Users and Providers in an Area of High-Density Livestock-Human Population in Western Kenya

10.1101/2021.06.23.21259378 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Steven A Kemp ◽

Gina L Pinchbeck ◽

Eric M Fevre ◽

Nicola J Williams

Keyword(s):

General Education ◽

Treatment Failure ◽

East Africa ◽

High Density ◽

Prescribing Patterns ◽

Prescribing Practices ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Western Kenya ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Veterinary Antimicrobials

Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most important global health crises in recent times and is driven primarily by antimicrobial consumption. In East Africa, there is a paucity of data regarding the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial use (AMU). Here we investigate the ways in which antimicrobial users in the veterinary sector accessed veterinary antimicrobials, and common behaviours of veterinary antimicrobial users and prescribers associated with AMU and AMR. Methods In total, 70 farmers, staff at 49 agricultural-veterinary antimicrobial shops (agrovet staff) and 28 veterinary animal healthcare workers or veterinary surgeons (veterinary professionals) were interviewed in Busia county, western Kenya in 2016 using a standard questionnaire as a framework for structured interviews. Data recorded included participant demographics, level of education, access to and sources of veterinary antimicrobials, prescribing patterns and knowledge of AMR and antimicrobial withdrawal periods. Results The majority of antimicrobials were accessed through informal means, purchased from agroveterinary shops; more than half of staff did not hold nationally mandated qualifications to advise on or sell veterinary antimicrobials. Approximately 40% of veterinary antimicrobials were sold without a prescription and it was noted that both price and customer preference were important factors when selling antimicrobials in almost all agrovet shops. Knowledge of the dangers associated with AMR and AMU were mostly superficial. Treatment failure occurred often, and there was a lack of differentiation between AMR and simply treatment failure. Conclusion In this study area in East Africa with high-density human and livestock populations, AMU was primarily for maintenance of livestock health. These findings have highlighted several aspects surrounding inappropriate access to antimicrobials, and as such require attention from policy makers concerned with AMR in both livestock and human medicine sectors. Improving prescribing practices and ensuring a minimum level of general education and awareness of prescribers, as well as expanding the role of agrovet staff in antimicrobial stewardship programmes, may help begin to mitigate the maintenance and transmission of AMR, particularly amongst livestock.

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